pacifier

We were putting all three girls in their PJ's tonight. The typical scene: the twins running around, smelling yummy from their baths and the baby lying on the floor happily sucking her toes and intently watching the twins as if she may miss something if she looks away. Eden found a pacifier on the rug, stood up and announced "Evia's". She than went to the baby and after fumbling for a few seconds to get the pacifier in the baby's mouth correctly, she jumped up with her arms over her head and shouted triumphantly, "YEAH!"

Stellan

I have been recently reading a blog called "My Charming Kids".

It is fabulous--in so many ways--but right now, there is a little boy named Stellan that my heart goes out to and is in desperate need of prayer.

Please pray for baby Stellan.

I am having trouble attaching the link, so here is the web address

www.mycharmingkids.net

seperation

Tonight my little Evia is sleeping in her own room for the first time! Talk about withdrawals. Of course, she will be sleeping sound and I won't--- worrying about her being so far away. Today she did pretty good gumming her cereal (even more separation from mommy), or at least smearing it all over her face, clothes, hands and bumbo. Can I say, once again, that they grow up too fast.

The twins are cracking me up lately with their new play games. This morning at breakfast, Eden had the wrong end of the fork in her mouth and was making "razzing" sounds, Elle followed along and they were laughing at each other. This went on for 5 minutes-with the baby being entertained the whole time.

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--just posting some little precious moments I caught on camera of my little girls........the baby is SO interested in the twins. She is constantly entertained by them and is always smiling and trying to get their attention. When she does, there is always laughter and I think the twins are finally picking up the fact that this little being that invaded their lives could potentially be some fun too!

my little (big) bunny

being a mommy of twins........

Some days seem endless,
my patience grows thin.
Why was I chosen
to be a mother of twins?
The answer comes clear
at the end of the day......
as I tuck them in bed
for myself I say.
There's two to kiss.....
There's two to hug....
and best of all,
There's two to love!

-anonymous

The best part-I now have THREE to kiss at the end of the day.

I am loving the new words these twinnies are saying. I dropped a kitchen towel today on the floor and Eden said, "Uh-Oh, What happened?"

I bet they've heard me say that a million times-ha!

At 1:38 a.m. (yes, this was when I looked at the clock-ugh) two nights ago, I heard quite a bit of talking from the twin's room. I took some water with me and went to check on them. As I opened the door, Eden says "Awake". I said, "Eden, it's night time now and it's time to go to sleep." She laughs and than repeats, "Asleep... Awake..... Up ..... Down.....", etc... They are really into opposites right now. Eden threw some grapes on the floor today and I said, "Eden, that makes mommy sad when you throw food". She looked so sad, like she was going to cry, and than she got a huge smile on her face and said "Happy!"

Idea for next Halloween:

I just thought this was hilarious/creative!

little singers

The girls are singing all the time-humming bits and pieces of songs and mish-mashing them all together, but the cutest so far....................Last night, we were going to Sam's Club to buy diapers. Hold your breath-$300.00 worth of diapers and wipes. Blaine told the girls, this was the last diaper run, when these run out, they better be potty trained, ha! So I looked back at them in their car seats, they were holding hands and singing in unison together the ABC's. It was just too adorable!

Evia-4 months

Evia will be 5 months next Monday-and she is growing too fast. She l-0-v-e-s the exersaucer and bouncer and laughs/squeals/smiles all the time. I think she sees the twins running and wants to join in already. She is losing her hair and the stubble growing in is blonde-so maybe she will be a little blondie (I was secretly hoping to see red-how fun would that have been!) And the rolls-her doughy little rolls of fat amaze me. I was searching through the twins' boxes of 12 month clothing today to find things that fit her-she is just soo big! So after her bath today-I thought I had better get the camera out and have some fun.

the blogosphere

So, my corner of the blogosphere has been quiet lately. There isn't much time for blogging these days. I went back to work on Feb. 19th-ugh-but I am so blessed to just be working two, 10 hour days/week. I am praying to keep this schedule-I don't think I could handle much more. I am the luckiest person alive to have my mom watch the girls-they are SO lucky too. I think grandma's are born with extra patience and special powers---ha!

Ok-so my previous post discussed the rationale of why we buy our kids toys when they play with everything else....well, I have decided to quit dressing my kids and combing their hair too! This morning, I was taking the girls to the SKIP program. By the time we got there, the twins had kicked off all their shoes and pulled off their socks. They had pulled out their hairbows, (which they sucked and chewed on them so when I picked them up they were all wet and slobbery) and messed up their cute little pigtails. Then, I find out that there was no SKIP program today. Major bummer. I ended up taking them to McD's playland where they had an absolute blast.

My little Evia is now playing in an exersaucer. I wish she wouldn't grow up so darn fast. She is even transferring objects from one hand to the other. I am going to have to buy a cow to assist me in feeding this child-she is on an eating marathon lately!!!

dueling twins

I don't know why we buy our kids toys. At our twins 2nd Birthday party-the only thing they wanted to play with was Great-Grandma's cane. Unfortunately, there are 2 twins and only one cane. This is what went down.

(Eden has the curls, Elle is in the pigtails-----you can see who won this match---just look at the expression on Elle's face.........priceless!!!)

This scenario is repeated day in and day out in our home-no matter how much you try and teach them to share. These battles take place over things such as sippy cups, a plastic animal toy, etc....

Kolten and Kallyn-1 year old

Blaine's sister has twins who just turned One on Feb. 18th. The "well" ones, Elle and I, from our sick family were able to go and celebrate. Happy 1st Birthday Kolton and Kallyn!!!!!!

Elle is giving her cousin Emersyn a hug.

Aliens

The Aliens have returned my stolen children. Finally! The last 2 weeks have been just downright horrible. What started out as drippy noses, ended up with Elle developing pneumonia and Eden just about getting it, topping it all off --the baby has a touch of RSV. We are just sick of sick!! Augh! Today, my crying, clingy, whiny children were replaced by happy, laughing, silly ones with ferocious appetites. Amen! The twins are now into naming everything-everything they pick up or look at they name: floor, wall, window, light, baby, etc.... Eden was so excited and pointing to something yesterday she wanted me to see. I came around the couch and she exlaimed "vacuum" like she had seen the most incredible thing ever. When I open the fridge, they are both there shoving themselves around my legs and naming everything inside: eggs, milk, cheese, oranges, apple, etc... Their enthusiasm and excitement over naming an egg is just downright precious. Every number Eden see's she calls out for example: the electronic numbers on the DVD player, the stove clock, the signs on the road, etc.. And they are learning their opposites too. Today Eden was coming down our stairs on her bum. She would sit and stand on every stair step and proclaim, "up" and "down" - than laugh. Everything to a two year old is fun and new and exciting (exept following mom and dad's directions-that is optional--ha!)

laughing baby

Evia is a very smiley and happy baby-and she can really laugh. She had been laughing even harder before we got the mino recording this, but it's still cute. Poor Elle @ the end of the video grabbed some of her favorite plastic toys she had on the edge of the counter and dropped the cow on her foot-owie!

new pics

Here are a few pictures from the past couple of weeks. We spent a wonderful time up in Boyne with some very good friends of ours (Mike, Jen, Owen and soon to be Olivia!!)-and my parents. We went to Avalanche Bay and the twins had a blast in the water and slides. Eden (look at that wild hair!) even held up her arms and went "Weee" like they do on rollercoasters. I thought Blaine had taught her to put her arms up, but he didn't. So funny where they come up with things. Evia is 4 months old now and growing like a weed-I think she will roll over now any day. And the best thing is that words are coming out of the twins' mouths like crazy, esp. Eden. There are hundreds of words now. She points to all sorts of things and names them. They are counting to 10 and singing the ABC's. Eden counts everything, even the screws in the plexiglass Blaine put over the fireplace. Oh, the joys of child-proofing.

daily ramblings

Things that happened today:

2 toddlers start out the day in complete meltdowns-and ended the same way. Good thing the inbetween stuff wasn't so bad.

I have become a walking human hankerchief. My children literally swipe their drippy little noses across my arms and chest. My shirt has now un-officially replaced this being performed on the couch and cushions (another reason to keep those ugly old couches)

Eden was walking around this evening with Christmas felts on top of her head.

I found a strange mushy thing on the living room rug. I think I could be in CSI (Crime Scene Investigation)---- I was able to determine that this strange mushy thing once belonged to the end of a banana- which to its detriment, was hanging over the edge of the countertop and managed to find itself in the jaws of a toddler.

I found Elle playing with a metal nut-which she unscrewed from beneath the utility sink in the mudroom (yes, she is feeling much better). I am sure when Blaine screwed those in the FIRST time, he didn't think he would be re-peating his labors after a 2 year old figured out how to unscrew them herself.

Mt. Krakatau erupted in Evia's briches today resulting in a complete wardrobe change. Evia seems to produce volcanic eruptions about every 3rd day in this household.

A typical Day in My Life X 3

sick little Elle

Please say a prayer for little Elle. She has been sick this past week and got worse over the weekend. Sunday night she slept between Blaine and I which she never does. I was so worried about her breathing as it was rapid and labored. First thing this morning, I took her to the Doctor and a chest x-ray confirmed pneumonia in her left lower lung. After albuterol and a loading dose of zithromax, she perked up this afternoon and is breathing better tonight. There is nothing scarier than when your kids are so sick! Thank God for modern medicine.

Octomom

The story about the Suleman Octuplets has been driving my absolutely nuts! The mother of these now 14 children really is crazy or is "smoking crack"! (My brother uses this phrase sarcastically when people do stupid or crazy things and I have somehow seemed to pick this phrase up-I need to be careful what I say since I have 2 little toddlers soaking up language running about). Anyways, what put me over the edge about this story was when I saw a few video clips of her in the NICU w/her 8 preemies and touching and carressing their little heads. Did anyone else notice that she has a french manicure??????? Ummmmm...........I was looking at my feet the other day and thought about how they look like they belong to a 80 year old, cracked heels, toenails in need of attention-let alone my fingernails. I am just having a great day when I can wash and blow-dry my hair in consequetive order. I only have 3 children, I don't know where this lady has time for fingernails. Something about this whole thing is just not right. It's even downright creepy to me. She saved over $100,000 for IVF treatments instead of buying a house, car, etc... Uh, Lady, you need to have these to raise children! I know this is not my usual blog posts-but this whole thing has captivated me.

computer time

There are a few things I have found where the twins will physically be so close together and will 'share'. About once a week, they sit on my lap and we will play computer games that are free by Fisher Price and Knee Bouncers. They love it and it is somewhat educational as they learn cause/effect, numbers, ABC's, etc...This is about the quietest, most still moment of them two together while actually being awake!